Italy
Italy runs most of its registration through one growing register and its packaging through a consortium. Italian EPR compliance means entering RENAP for electronics, tyres and now batteries, while packaging producers join the CONAI system and pay a per-material contribution.
Six streams carry active duties as of July 2026. RENAP has kept absorbing more of them, most recently the battery register in March 2026.
What carries EPR in Italy
The active streams are packaging, electronics, batteries, vehicles, tyres and lubricant oils. Two more, single-use plastics and fishing gear, are partly in force while their implementing decrees are completed.
Packaging sits apart from the others. Producers and importers join CONAI, or an approved autonomous system, and pay the environmental contribution per material through the material consortia.
The rest register centrally. Electronics register in the Registro AEE, which moved to full open scope in 2018, tyres joined the Registro Pneumatici in May 2025, and batteries folded in during March 2026.
The RENAP register and CONAI
For electronics, batteries and tyres, your entry is in RENAP, and the registration number must appear on your commercial documents.
Packaging is the exception that trips people up. It does not register in RENAP at all. Compliance runs through CONAI membership and the per-material contribution, with lubricant oils handled separately through the CONOU consortium.
Who has to comply
The duty falls on producers and importers, and on foreign distance sellers placing electronics on the Italian market, who must register in the Registro AEE before selling.
For packaging, an EU producer without an Italian establishment usually has no direct CONAI duty. The environmental contribution is declared and paid by the Italian importer or first buyer that places the goods on the market.
A foreign seller takes on CONAI membership directly only when it ships packaged goods to Italian buyers by e-commerce, or joins voluntarily.
What changes next
The near-term shifts are structural and dated:
- 7 March 2026: the battery decree aligned Italy with the EU Battery Regulation and folded the battery register into RENAP.
- 12 August 2026: the EU packaging regulation PPWR applies directly in Italy.
- Around April 2028: a textile and footwear scheme must be operating under the revised EU waste directive.
The Italian textile EPR decree is still a draft, with no publication in the official gazette as of mid-2026, so treat the scheme as coming rather than in force.
Frequently asked questions about EPR in Italy
What producers ask before they register, in short.
What is EPR in Italy?
Producer responsibility across six active streams, with electronics, tyres and batteries registered in RENAP and packaging handled through the CONAI consortium.
What is the Italian EPR number?
For electronics, batteries and tyres it is the RENAP registration number, which must appear on your commercial documents. Packaging uses CONAI membership rather than a RENAP number.
Does packaging register in RENAP?
No. Packaging compliance runs through the CONAI system and the per-material contribution, separately from the RENAP register used by other streams.
Do foreign electronics sellers need to register?
Yes. A distance seller placing electronics on the Italian market must register in the Registro AEE before selling, with the number shown on commercial documents.
Does Italy have textile EPR yet?
Not yet. A national decree is still in draft, and the EU deadline for a scheme is around April 2028.